scholarly journals German Communication Studies facing the challenge of digital media change: debates and controversies in the scientific community since the 1990s

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 27647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Koenen ◽  
Christina Sanko
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Communication Studies ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Media Communication ◽  
Disciplinary Identity ◽  
Media Change ◽  
Media Environments

The article deals with the development of German Communication Studies since the mid-1990s until today. Its focus lays on the discussions on new media and their consequences for the redefinition of the scientific field as “New Communication Science”. Different to the scientific tradition of the ‘old’ German “Publizistikwissen-schaft” with the main focus on mass media and public communication, the ‘new’ field is characterized by a broader view on communication and media in reaction to the interweaving of interpersonal and media communication in the digital age. Ac-cording to the idea of science as social process, this paper asks how the new orien-tation gained acceptance in the scientific community and reconstructs the scholarly debates on this path. These include external triggers of debate such as the Silber-mann controversy that resulted in the appointment of an internal self-conception committee and the very first paper on the profile of the discipline in Germany. The reconstructed debates in this paper outline the development of two strands within the scientific community: traditionalists and visionaries. Although the intensity of discussions on the disciplinary identity of German Communication Studies abated since the adoption of the second self-conception paper that embraced the diversity of the discipline, debates on the extension versus limitation of the range of research subjects in the course of changing media environments and societies prevail until present day.

scholarly journals On the relativity of old and new media: A lifeworld perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 657-672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Menke ◽  
Christian Schwarzenegger
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Theoretical Work ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Communication Studies ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Media Change ◽  
Media And Communication ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Accurate Observation

It is an old, yet, accurate observation that the ‘newness’ of media is and most probably will continue to be a catalyst for research in media and communication studies. At the same time, there are numerous academic voices who stress that studying media change demands an awareness of the complexities at play interweaving the new with the old and the changes with the continuities. Over the last decades, compelling theoretical approaches and conceptualizations were introduced that aimed at grasping what defines old and new media under the conditions of complex, disruptive media change. Drawing from this theoretical work, we propose an empirical approach that departs from the perception of media users and how they make sense of media in their everyday affairs. The article argues that an inquiry of media change has to ground the construction of media as old or new in the context of lifeworlds in which media deeply affect users on a daily basis from early on. The concept of media ideology (Gershon, 2010a, 2010b) is used to investigate notions of ‘oldness’ and ‘newness’ people develop when they renegotiate the meaning of media for themselves or collectively with others. Based on empirical data from 35 in-depth interviews, distinct ways how the relativity but also relationality of old and new media are shaped against each other are identified. In the analysis, the article focuses on the aspects of rhetoric, everyday experiences, and emotions as well as on media generations, all of which inform media ideologies and thereby influence how media users define old and new media.

Touch, Time and Technics

2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 330-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dave Boothroyd
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Emmanuel Levinas ◽  
Media Communication ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Contemporary Life ◽  
Communication Environments ◽  
Media Environments ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Ethical Significance

The development of immersive media-communication environments, and their theorization in terms of the `haptic', calls for a reconsideration of the relationship between sensuality and the ethics of contact. For the most part, the cultural theorization of the virtual which remains preoccupied with the visual has tended to limit its scope to the paradoxes, politics and ethics of representation. Much of media and cultural studies work, for instance, has adopted, directly or indirectly, the traditional visual and ocularcentric paradigm in its analyses of cultural forms and technologies as these have become integrated into contemporary life. Whilst it has been argued, for instance by Mark Hansen in his recent books, that this paradigm is inadequate to digital media and the developments of human-machine interactions the digital introduces, few comentators have addressed how new developments in immersive sensory media environments bear on the ethics of communication. By way of a reflection on the themes of the tactility of contact and the ethics of touch in the work of Emmanuel Levinas, this article critically evaluates the ethical significance of the `sensory extension' haptic media represent. It identifies and argues against the neo-positivist tendency of Hansen's reliance on the empiricism of the neurosciences whilst locating the resources for an ethics of touch in Levinas' concept of time as `diachrony'.

scholarly journals Thematic Dominants and Perspectives of Intergenerational Media Communication

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-21
Author(s):  
А. Sumskaya ◽  
◽  
P. Sumskoy ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Media Communication ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Text Collections ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Communications ◽  
Communication Gap ◽  
Media Environments ◽  
Media Practices ◽  
Cultural Concept

One of the characteristics of the post-literacy era is the emergence of the communication gap between “analogue” and “digital” media generations. Among their distinctive features are not only different media practices, often in mismatched media environments, but also various thematic orientations of generational media communications. Based on the author’s socio-cultural concept of media generations and the use of the Sketch Engine, a modern cloud tool for studying large text collections, thematic generational dominants in the media were identified and the perspectives for intergenerational media communication are formulated.

scholarly journals Information Dissemination Control Algorithm of Ecological Changes in the New Media Communication Environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Juanjuan Huang
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Network Model ◽  
Control Algorithm ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Ecological Change ◽  
Information Control ◽  
Media Communication ◽  
Communication Environment ◽  
Ecological Changes

Information dissemination has been a crucial social process, especially in modern information-centric societies; it has become one of the most critical ones. Social networks create a route for information dissemination with the use of social influence mechanisms. In order to improve the effectiveness of information dissemination control and influence the maximization of ecological change in the modern media communication environment, this paper combines the current network information dissemination methods and analyzes the community network model and the network dissemination states for spreading information. We propose an improved algorithm for information dissemination control of ecological changes in the new media dissemination environment. The fuzzy control algorithm is employed as the core algorithm to improve and optimize the information dissemination network model. Furthermore, the mobile-assisted patch distribution mechanism is used to repair all the infected nodes in the network, and the information interaction form is analyzed to develop the corresponding system model structure and build the information traceability process. The simulation results verify the feasibility of using the proposed algorithm to control effectively the information dissemination in the ecological changes of the new media environment. The proposed algorithm can meet the ecological information control needs of new media dissemination.

scholarly journals Hypermodels: An Exploration of New Media Environments and Expansive Representation of Architecture

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sedef Erdoǧan Ford ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Mixed Reality ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Physical World ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Architectural Production ◽  
Architectural Representation ◽  
Representation Of Architecture ◽  
Media Environments

With the advent of new digital media technologies offering immersive virtual environments have emerged new modes of architectural representation. How, in turn, can these technologies shape the less visible, and visual, aspects of architectural production? This paper considers such digital, immersive technologies as Mixed, Virtual, and Augmented Reality within the historical and theoretical context of digital media to better understand their function in charting a frontier for the three dimensional representation of architecture. I propose the notion of the hypermodel, a “hypertext version” of digital models that contains and “opens up” to more than the physical parts of a building. Hyper model is a connector of digital space and the physical world— represented via multiple forms of media—revealing the temporal expanse and informational depth of the virtual beyond the bounds of an architectural artifact. In this sense, the new medium also hints at and allows for novel collaborative methods. The new language of design and communication at work in the mixed reality medium is itself interconnected — it reflects and reinforces the inter-disciplinary and inter-media nature of architectural production today.

scholarly journals MEDIA BARU DIGITAL SEBAGAI PERETAS KONTEKS KOMUNIKASI ANTAR PRIBADI DAN KELOMPOK

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 180
Author(s):  
Reza Praditya Yudha ◽  
Irwansyah Irwansyah Irwansyah
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Group Communication ◽  
Shared Meaning ◽  
Media Communication ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
Communication Context ◽  
Definition Of

<p><em>Digital media creates a gap in the definition of the communication context </em><em>created by</em><em> West &amp; Turner (2010). Situational boundaries are increasingly unclear when in the whole process the number of participants, distance, space, feedback, media functions, and </em><em>variety of </em><em>channels are integrated. This study aims to analyze the implications of digital media functions in elaborating interpersonal communication to successfully mobilize groups. The study was conducted by reviewing the literature on new digital media theories. As a result</em><em>,</em><em> connectedness occurs as a character of interpersonal communication</em><em> in digital new media</em><em>. When the</em><em>se</em><em> context is </em><em>elaborated</em><em> by digital media</em><em> so that integrating more participants,</em><em> interaction is not just </em><em>merely</em><em> connection</em><em> anymore</em><em>, but focuses on shared meaning. At this point the context is </em><em>shift</em><em>ed into group communication.</em><em></em></p><p><em> </em></p><strong><em>Keywords</em></strong><em> : new digital media, communication context, interpersonal communication, group communication</em>

scholarly journals TRANSFORMASI KARAKTERISTIK KOMUNIKASI DI ERA KONVERGENSI MEDIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (01) ◽  
pp. 083
Author(s):  
Gushevinalti Gushevinalti ◽  
Panji Suminar ◽  
Heri Sunaryanto
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
New Media ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Digital Television ◽  
Communication Studies ◽  
Media Communication ◽  
Online Systems

ABSTRACT The development of communication technology has caused a shift or change in the concept of communication in particular the characteristics of mass communication. This study aims to find changes about the characteristics of mass communication in the current era of media convergence. In addition, to describe new forms of media that can be categorized into mass communication. The research method uses a qualitative approach to data collection techniques through document studies and literature review and interviews in mass communication courses. The informants of this study were lecturers of mass communication courses at the Bachelor of Communication Studies and Journalism FISIP S1 University of Bengkulu, as well as two groups of students who explained the characteristics of mass communication. The results showed that the development of communication technology at this time had contributed thoughts in the discussion about the transformation of the characteristics of mass media communication from conventional to digital. New forms of media that can be categorized based on these characteristics are online media, such as print media that have been changed by online systems, digital television and radio streaming. The characteristics of the mass media in some literatures have changed in one direction or have been interactive. Keywords; transformation, mass communication, convergence, new media, characteristics ABSTRAK Perkembangan teknologi komunikasi telah menyebabkan pergeseran atau perubahan dalam konsep komunikasi khususnya karakteristik komunikasi massa. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menemukan perubahan tentang karakteristik komunikasi massa di era konvergensi media sekarang ini. Selain itu, untuk mendeskripsikan bentuk media baru yang dapat dikategori kedalam komunikasi massa. Metode penelitian menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan teknik pengumpulan data melalui studi dokumen dan kajian literatur dan wawancara pada matakuliah komunikasi massa. Informan penelitian ini adalah dosen pengasuh matakuliah komunikasi massa di prodi S1 Ilmu Komunikasi dan S1 Jurnalistik FISIP Universitas Bengkulu, serta dua kelompok mahasiswa yang memaparkan tentang karakteristik komunikasi massa. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa perkembangan teknologi komunikasi saat ini telah memberikan kontribusi pemikiran pada pembahasan mengenai transformasi karakteristik komunikasi media massa dari yang konvensional menuju digital. Bentuk media baru yang dapat dikategorikan berdasarkan karakteristik tersebut yaitu media online, seperti media cetak yang dirubah dengan sistem online, televisi digital dan radio streaming. Karakteristik media massa dalam beberapa literature menjadi berubah kakteristiknya tidak satu arah lagi atau sudah interaktif. Kata kunci; transformasi, komunikasi massa, konvergensi, media baru, karakteristik

scholarly journals TABOO OR NOT TABOO: (IN)VISIBILITIES OF DEATH, DYING AND BEREAVEMENT

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ylva Hård af Segerstad ◽  
Jo Bell ◽  
Korina Giaxoglou ◽  
Stacey Pitsillides ◽  
Daphna Yeshua-Katz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Media Communication ◽  
Interdisciplinary Field ◽  
Media Environments ◽  
And Shifts ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Social Media Communication ◽  
Academic Discourses ◽  
Analytical Frameworks

The notion that ‘death is a taboo’ pervades private, public and academic discourses around death, dying and bereavement in contemporary Western societies. The rise of digital media within the last decades further complicates the appreciation of the stance that death is a taboo, given the increased opportunities afforded in social media environments for embracing death, fostering new intimacies with strangers and semi-strangers but also for turning death into a spectacle (Jakobsen, 2016). The study of death-related practices online and the tensions they raise has rapidly been growing in the interdisciplinary field of Death online studies. However, in this field there is a need for developing shared conceptual and analytical frameworks and ensure methodological and theoretical robustness in line with developments in the study of social media communication. There is a need to synthesize insights from death sociology and interdisciplinary death online studies in order to shape an agenda for an integrated study of the offline and the online that can capture continuities and shifts in death-related practices (see also Borgstrom and Ellis, 2017). This panel collects four papers presented by six interdisciplinary scholars from Denmark, Sweden, Israel and the UK. Focusing on the (in)visibilities of death, dying and bereavement across contexts - online and offline - the papers critically revisit the ‘death is taboo’ thesis by investigating the particular conditions under which death, dying and bereavement are talked about, storied, and made socially visible and the ways in which technology plays a vital part in coping with mortality.

scholarly journals New Media for Science: Key Features of Platforms with Open Peer Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-38
Author(s):  
Angelina Gorbunova ◽  
Ivan Zassoursky ◽  
Nataliia Trishchenko
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Peer Review Process ◽  
Peer Reviewing ◽  
Technological Modernization ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Time Required

The article deals with open peer reviewing as a new way of verifying results of researches in the scientific sector of digital media. The technological modernization of scientific publishers provides for solving some of the problems of the traditional peer reviewing. This explains the topicality of the study. The authors analyzed ten platforms with open peer review that are based in Europe, the USA and Canada. According to the results, a formally similar open peer review process may vary depending on the scope of authority a scientific community has, reviewers’ identification, authors’ opportunities to propose an expert, the degree of review openness, posting the revised versions, and involvement of the editorial board if any. The tools that the platforms use to encourage the scientific community to participate in commenting and reviewing the publications also matter. One of the key advantages of open peer reviewing is reducing the time required for publishing an article, which is crucial for some scientific fields.

Digital and Technical Developments in the Amblyopia Therapy

2020 ◽  
Vol 237 (10) ◽  
pp. 1172-1176
Author(s):  
Charlotte Schramm ◽  
Yaroslava Wenner
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Technical Progress ◽  
Therapy Monitoring ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
Technical Developments ◽  
The Future

AbstractThe digital media becomes more and more common in our everyday lives. So it is not surprising that technical progress is also leaving its mark on amblyopia therapy. New media and technologies can be used both in the actual amblyopia therapy or therapy monitoring. In particular in this review shutter glasses, therapy monitoring and analysis using microsensors and newer video programs for amblyopia therapy are presented and critically discussed. Currently, these cannot yet replace classic amblyopia therapy. They represent interesting options that will occupy us even more in the future.

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